Business Excellence Consortium

Lean Supply Chain Management

The Business Excellence Consortium is offering a three-day workshop on Lean Supply Chain Management. This event addresses the need for companies to develop World Class Suppliers before they can become a World Class Enterprise and compete globally. The workshop provides the participant with a complete understanding of how to evaluate, measure, and continuously improve a company’s Supply Chain System.

The prerequisite for this class is the BEC’s Overview of Lean class or a common understanding of Lean.

Seminar content includes:

• Rating your current Supply Chain state
• Value Stream Mapping between trading partners
• An office simulation to identify office waste that can occur in the Supply Chain
• Using Kanbans and Pull Systems to reduce inventories
• Supplier assessments and evaluations
• Using Setup Reduction as the key to reducing Supplier lead-times and costs
• Supplier logistics opportunities

Upon completion, you will be able to:

• Understand Total Acquisition Costs
• Help your suppliers implement Setup Reduction and Pull Systems
• Understand the significance of "Manufacturing Critical Path Time" to assessing a supplier’s performance
• Reduce the cost of both your company’s and your suppliers’ Supply Chain Management system
• Develop a win-win relationship with your suppliers

The Business Excellence Consortium at the Milwaukee School of Engineering has partnered with WCM Associates, a consulting and book publishing company, dedicated to the dissemination and the implementation of advanced techniques of world class manufacturing. This partnership combines real world experience with a proven method of knowledge transfer resulting in high impact training and implementation support!